{"id":1448,"date":"2014-10-29T13:13:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T17:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/?page_id=1448"},"modified":"2024-06-14T10:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T14:43:02","slug":"morgan-whitehackles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/?page_id=1448","title":{"rendered":"Whitehackle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We no longer breed the Whitehackle.\u00a0 This page is for informational purposes only.<\/p>\n

In addition to our Hulseys and Flarry Eye Greys, A<\/span>ppleworm\u2122 Orchard has a select trio\u00a0of Morgan Whitehackles. \u00a0Its acquisition, like many of our others, was an accident. \u00a0In early 2014, we were contacted by a “neighbor,” a gamefowl breeder on New Hampshire’s seacoast, whose Whitehackle broodpair had been exceptionally prolific, asking about our interest in buying it and its offspring.<\/p>\n

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We looked them over and were greatly impressed with their hardiness. \u00a0Winter 2013-14 was very harsh and many of his birds of other breeds had lost combs and toes, but all the Whitehackles — every single one — had these appendages intact. \u00a0We concluded that these birds would make a nice additional to our gamefowl project: beautiful birds that could survive well on New England’s free range. Next thing we knew, we owned his broodpair and their offspring: In total, seven cocks and six hens. Over several months we observed these birds carefully and culled the flock down to a trio: the original broodcock (4lbs, 13oz), the original broodhen, and one of their daughters. \u00a0We later concluded that we preferred the mother over the daughter, so reduced the flock down to a single pair: Julius and Pompeia. \u00a0At the end of 2015 we added a daughter, Julia, from that year’s hatch to the broodpen.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Posted to this page are some photos of Julius and Pomeia. \u00a0As time permits, we will attempt to take some better pictures of these birds.<\/p>\n

Julius and Pompeia’s Offspring:<\/strong>
\nCock – Yellow (2013)<\/a>
\nCock – Pink (2013)<\/a>
\nCock – White (2013)<\/a>
\nStag 1 (2015)<\/a>
\nHen – Yellow (2013)<\/a>
\nJulia (2015)<\/p>\n

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We no longer breed the Whitehackle.\u00a0 This page is for informational purposes only. In addition to our Hulseys and Flarry Eye Greys, Appleworm\u2122 Orchard has a select trio\u00a0of Morgan Whitehackles. \u00a0Its acquisition, like many of our others, was an accident. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1448\/revisions\/2605"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}